Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive. — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
Superman's original name was Kal-El, or Swift God. His father's name was Jor-El. Superman was clearly drawn as a modern-day god. — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“A meta-analysis of sixty-six studies completed in 1992 found that mothers who have more support from grandmothers have less stress and more… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around — it's easier, and frankly, we're usually right. [But] reverse the waterfall… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
Let your kids pick their punishments. Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around. It's easier, and we're usually right!… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
We no longer just take religious identity from our parents, so what's going on? Why are people going to this series, why… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“One of the things that happens in the world is that people try to avoid conflict. Whereas in the home, you can't.… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“At Abraham's burial, his two most prominent sons, rivals since before they were born, estranged since childhood, scions of rival nations, come… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
Moses became America's true founding father because he evangelized action; he justified risk. He gave ordinary people the courage to live with uncertainty. — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them. — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
The way to tell a really big story, I think, is to tell a really small story. — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
The key idea of agile is that teams essentially manage themselves. ... It works in software, and it turns out that it works with kids. — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family's positive moments and your ability to… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process,… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
“A meta-analysis of sixty-six studies completed in 1992 found that mothers who have more support from grandmothers have less stress and more well-adjusted children.… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet. — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
I think that most of the action in religion is around the home, is in families, and is in individual lives, and they can… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
My name is Bruce Feiler, and I'm an explainaholic. I first heard this word used to describe Isaac Asimov, and I knew instantly that… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
When I was growing up, I, like many Jews, cheered what appeared to be the receding of faith from everyday life. The further religion… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
You don't need a grand plan, you don't need to go back to the ancestors and rewrite the rules. You just need to take… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
I grew up in the age of discount air fare, and for me, the act of joining a culture was a great way about… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share
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